Word: idealisms
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Unfortunately men were not created paragons; fortunately for their interest in life, they were not created alike. What helps one may hinder another; and the ideal of a college system is that which will hinder the strong man least, and help the weaker men most. Concentration and Distribution, in holding many up to a certain standard, may be a real hindrance to a few; but criticisms of it have risen chiefly, we believe, not from this cause, but from a failure to distinguish between a real hindrance and an inconvenience, such as any set of rules and especially...
...York. As to the question of starting in practice, a man has little choice if he has no capital. Most men advise everyone to start with some established firm but there is much discussion as to whether the large or small firm is the more desirable. The ideal combination seems to be the large free which gives its assistants responsibility and variety of work. Ordinarily a man should not go into an office with the idea of remaining there permanently unless he is reasonably sure of being taken into the firm
...should remember that the College is run for its work and not for its vacations. Therefore, it is its work which should stop and start evenly; its vacations. Therefore, it is its work which should stop and start evenly; its vacations should bear the ragged ends. This is the ideal which the Office had in mind in granting an experimental vacation which should be of sufficient length to include time for travel. We can, with honor, only follow the rules...
...doubters can be readily made by anyone who realizes fully the modern demands of education and that Harvard University is not so adequately equipped for the physical development of its students as a great University in this country should be. The tradition of an academy and of a cultured ideal are most valuable possessions for a university, but in these radio-active days, the higher thinkers need a different training from that followed at the time of Aristotle...
...which trains for usefulness train for health? But, in fact, is this being done for those who are not selected and naturally healthy athletes? It certainly is not taught in the class room examination halls. The cheering sections may stimulate but systematic and directed work is what counts. An ideal arrangement would be that every student be placed under the direct care of a properly qualified personal trainer or physical adviser who would direct his daily life, building him up physically as his instructors endeavor to do intellectually. Under such conditions would not the product be improved? Would...